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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1023 AM EST THU MAR 4 2010
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
-FAMILY OF SERVICES
-NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
-NOAAPORT
OTHER NWS PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: JASON TUELL
ACTING CHIEF
PERFORMANCE AND AWARENESS DIVISION
OFFICE OF CLIMATE...WATER AND WEATHER SERVICES
SUBJECT: CORRECTED: HAZCOLLECT NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY
MESSAGE NATIONAL TEST TO BE SENT ON MARCH 9
2010
CORRECTED TO REMOVE THE MENTION OF ADDITIONAL TEST
MESSAGES BEING SENT FOR COASTAL OR GREAT LAKES MARINE
ZONES. THE MESSAGES SENT DURING THE MARCH 9 2010 NATIONAL
TEST WILL INCLUDE ONLY LAND AREAS OF THE STATES AND U.S.
TERRITORIES. TESTING OF MARINE ZONES MAY BE CONDUCTED ON
A FUTURE DATE.
AS PART OF THE ONGOING HAZCOLLECT TESTING...A NATIONAL
TEST MESSAGE WILL BE SENT ON TUESDAY MARCH 9 AT ABOUT
1915 UTC /UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/ OR 215 PM EASTERN
STANDARD TIME TO TEST DISTRIBUTION OF EMERGENCY MESSAGES
OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. THE NATIONAL TEST MESSAGE WILL
BE DISSEMINATED AS A SERIES OF STATE MESSAGES UNDER THE
FOLLOWING WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/
HEADINGS:
WOUSII CCCC FOR PRODUCTS IN THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES
WOAK48 PAFC FOR ALASKA
WOCA42 TJSJ FOR PRODUCTS IN PUERTO RICO AND
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
WOHW40 PHFO... WOGM40 PGUM AND WOZS40 NSTU FOR PRODUCTS
IN THE PACIFIC AREA
WHERE CCCC IS THE FOUR-CHARACTER WMO IDENTIFIER FOR THE
STATE-LIAISON NWS WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE AND II
REPRESENTS THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF THE MESSAGE AND
SHOULD RANGE FROM 41 TO 46.
THE MESSAGES WILL ALSO CARRY AN ASSOCIATED ADVANCED
WEATHER INTERACTIVE PROCESSING SYSTEM /AWIPS/ IDENTIFIER
ADRXX... WHERE XX IS THE TWO-LETTER U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
IDENTIFIER OF A STATE OR TERRITORY.
THE ADR ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE/FOLLOW UP TEST MESSAGES
MAY BE RELAYED BY EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM /EAS/
PARTICIPATING STATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL AND STATE
EAS PLANS.
THE TEST MESSAGE WILL NOT HAVE A UGC CODE FOR ANY STATE
IN WHICH LOCAL NWS WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES ADVISE THE
HAZCOLLECT TEST DIRECTOR THERE IS A THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER ON THE DAY OF THE SCHEDULED TEST. ADDITIONALLY
TEST MESSAGES WILL NOT BE ADDRESSED TO KANSAS AND
MISSOURI DURING THE NATIONAL TEST. BOTH STATES ARE
CONDUCTING THEIR ANNUAL SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK
TORNADO DRILLS ON MARCH 9.
A SAMPLE TEST MESSAGE FOLLOWS.
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ADRFL
FLC000-DDHHMM-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE/FOLLOW UP STATEMENT
NWS TEST HQ NATIONAL COG SILVER SPRING MD
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
215 PM EST THU NOV 19 2009
THIS MESSAGE IS FOR TEST PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS TEST
MESSAGE NUMBER 1.
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF
THE NWS TEST HQ NATIONAL COG.
THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. THIS IS A TEST OF THE CAPABILITY
TO RELAY EMERGENCY MESSAGES FROM NON-NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE SOURCES USING DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND
NWS SYSTEMS. THIS TEST MESSAGE MAY BE RELAYED BY
EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM PARTICIPATING STATIONS IN
ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL AND STATE EAS PLANS.
THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. DO NOT TAKE ACTION BASED ON THIS
TEST MESSAGE.
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END SAMPLE TEST MESSAGE.
INFORMATION ON THE HAZCOLLECT PROGRAM CAN BE FOUND AT THE
HAZCOLLECT WEB SITE AT /USE LOWERCASE/::
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/HAZCOLLECT/
NON-WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY MESSAGES ARE ORIGINATED BY
LOCAL...STATE OR FEDERAL CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND... AT
THEIR REQUEST... NWS MAY RELAY THEM IN NON-WEATHER
RELATED TEXT PRODUCTS...AND OVER NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL
HAZARDS /NWR/ AND THE EAS. NWS DOES NOT INITIATE NON-
WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY MESSAGES. NWS INSTRUCTION
10-518 INCLUDES THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THESE PRODUCTS.
NWS INSTRUCTION 10-518 APPENDIX C DEFINES CONTENT
GUIDELINES FOR EACH NON-WEATHER EMERGENCY MESSAGE TYPE.
NWS INSTRUCTION 10-518 IS ONLINE AT /USE LOWERCASE/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DIRECTIVES/SYM/PD01005018CURR.PDF
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...PLEASE CONTACT:
STEVE PRITCHETT HERB WHITE
HAZCOLLECT PROJECT MGR DISSEMINATION SERVICES MGR
NWS HEADQUARTERS NWS HEADQUARTERS
SILVER SPRING MARYLAND SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
301-713-3557 x 172 301-713-0090 X 146
STEVEN.PRITCHETT@NOAA.GOV HERBERT.WHITE@NOAA.GOV
NATIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS ARE ONLINE AT
/USE LOWERCASE/::
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM
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